ALLY McCOIST has been assured by Charles Green that he will remain Rangers manager if his consortium completes their takeover of Rangers.

The Ibrox administrators, Duff and Phelps, announced on Sunday morning that the former Sheffield United chief executive’s group was in pole position to buy the troubled Glasgow giants.

McCoist held discussions with Green on Saturday night and where McCoist was told he will remain as boss, to lead the club out of the darkest period in their history.McCoist, speaking after the 4-0 win at St Johnstone, which was watched by Green, said: “Yes. I hope I was reading that conversation right, anyway!

“Again, I’ll probably find out more in the next 48 hours. But hopefully.”

The Light Blues manager was heartened by the discussions and plans that Green outlined in their talks admitting : “I met Charles on Saturday night, we had a couple of hours for a brief chat, as you would imagine, because of the game today. I had to come up to the hotel to meet the rest of the lads.

Again, I’ll probably find out more in the next 48 hours. But hopefully

Ally McCoist

“But I remain as positive as ever. I had a good discussion with Charles and he’s certainly very positive, he knows what he wants for the club, he aims to take the club forward – which is what we all want.

“I can understand the support being a little bit wary, a little bit guarded, not of the individual but just of the situation and because of what has happened in the past.But we have to all take stock, all support and get behind Charles – and hopefully, in the future, he’ll be the man to take the club forward. That’s what we want.

“That was the gut feeling I got, absolutely. There is a lot of hard work to be done and we’re not anywhere near out of the woods yet – the deal hasn’t been totally clinched.But it’s obviously a step nearer, a step that had to be taken. So I’m delighted, yeah.”

McCoist is hoping that the latest developments will see the club take a big step forward and he hopes to hold further talks with Green over the coming days.

“There is a relief that we’re stepping in the right direction,” he added. “Obviously I remain not guarded but hopeful that the big step is taken.When the club is handed over totally, that’s when I’ll feel total relief. But I’m certainly pleased with the progress that has been made, without a doubt.

“I will have discussions with Charles in the next 48 hours and this should certainly help me, I would hope, in terms of being able to plan pre-season games, maybe a trip.But definitely the most important thing is finding out who will be here next season – and if we’ll be able to add to that squad. The next 48 hours will go a long way to answering some of those questions.”